Hair-waving comb



Sept. 13, 1927.

s. M, WRIGHT HAIR wAvmq COMB.

. Filed Jan. 28,1926

1 Mil/rap rm 5 I I Patented Sept. 1 3, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SYDNEY MOLERO WRIGHT, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

.I-IAIR-WAVKING COMB.

Application filed January 28, 1926, Serial No. 34,383,'anii in Great Britain July 13, 1925.

I This invention relates to combs for waving the hair.

One object of the invention is a comb fur-' nished with teeth whose cross-section at right angles to their length is .such as to leave spaces between the teeth which are tortuous or curved in a lateral-direction so as to bend the hair and to impart a wave to the same when thercomb is drawn through the 10 hair. A further object is a comb in which the teeth havea concavo convex formation embodiment the apex of "each angular tooth lies within the angle of the next tooth.

The invent-ion also consists ina hair waving comb of moulded composition having teeth moulded with the back of the comb and-of angular cross-section providing zigzag gaps between consecutive teeth. The invention further consists inthe combinations of parts hereinafter set forth in the claims. r

The invention isillustrated in the accom Figure 8' is a cross-section of several teeth taken on the hue III-III in Figure 1,-a-nd' drawn to an enlarged scale; while Figure 4 1s a snnilar'cross-section show the invention.

ures 1. and 2, the teeth a of'the comb are in general straight, that is to say, not waved along their length. They taper slightly and are curved awaytowardsthe point in side vlew, and are also curved tothepolntin end View as seen in Figure 2. I

The novelty, however, lies in the shape of the cross-section" of the teeth, examples" of which are shown in Figures 3 and 4:.

The teeth a are shown in Figured as of angular formation in cross-section, and in I I claim as new and desire to secure by Let-- ing a modified form of tooth according to;

As can be seen particularly well from Fig-- 1, VA hair wavingcomb having teeth whose cross-se'ctiontat' right angles to their length A s angular, the apex of each tooth lying fact they are here illustrated as substantially each forming two sides 6, 0, of a triangle. It will also be noted that the angle or apex at of each tooth lies within the angle of the tooth immediately below it in Figure 8, that is to say the apex d of one tooth lies below the extreme points e,'f of'the next tooth immediately below it. The result is that when such a comb is passed laterally through the (so hair in the ordinary way the hair must be curved and consequently waved. v In general the form of teeth shown in F igure 4 is similar to, that shown in Figure except that instead of forming sharp angles es the teeth in Figure 4 are curved or cresj cent-shaped. Here too, however, the apex of each tooth enters partially. within the next tooth sothat'thehair .in passing be tween consecutive teethis waved. I

Of course, other sections of teeth may be employed which produce the [same effect. for exampleinstead of using the angular be angular and others curved as 1n F igure 4.

' The improved comb can, of course, be

made of any suitable material such as vulcanite or similar composition; As shown, r the teeth a are moulded n one piece with the back 9 of the comb and with the handle 72,. The comb mam-however, be made of bone 'or even of metal.

- Having thus described my invention, what tersPatent is 7 I 1'. A hair waving comb comprising a plurality of thin parallel teeth having in cross section the formof troughs and spaced so 7 that the plane joining the lateral boundary edges of any tooth definitely intersects the wall of anadjacent tooth on both sides of I the bottom'fline of the trough of the said adjacent toothg within the angle of the next tooth.

In "witnesswhereof I hereunto subscribemy name this lth day of January, D. 1926. v V 7 i SYDNEY MOLERO WRIGHT. i 

